For June, we’re highlighting resources that align with Pride, Men’s Mental Health, and PTSD Awareness. Feel free to explore and pass along if appropriate when someone reaches out looking for support, understanding, or helpful information.
This month's themes:
Pride 🌈
- Family Acceptance Project provides ethnic, cultural, and faith-based resources to increase support for LGBTQ children and young adults. bit.ly/lfa_res
- Lambda Legal is a website that educates you on legal rights for LGBTQ people and their families on a national and state-by-state basis: bit.ly/LL_ref
- PFLAG is a website that offers the LGBTQ community and their loved ones information, resources, advocacy, education, and peer support: bit.ly/PFLAG_ref
- SAGE advocates for LGBTQIA+ older adult opportunities free of discrimination due to their identity or age. 1-877-360-LGBT. bit.ly/sageusa
Men’s Mental Health 🔺
- Heads Up Guys offers information and resources for men with depression and their loved ones who want to support them: bit.ly/HUG_res
- This article from the MHA is for men in abusive relationships who are seeking support and resources. bit.ly/HFM_r
- The Fatherhood Project offers resources to support fathers in being informed, active, and emotionally engaged with their children. bit.ly/TFP_ren
PTSD Awareness 🔺
- (EN/ES) The National Center for PTSD is a website that offers articles about PTSD, how and why it occurs, its symptoms, and ways to cope with it. bit.ly/NCptsd_ref
- (EN/ES) PTSD Coach is an app that helps you track and work through symptoms of PTSD, as well as identify triggers and coping skills. bit.ly/CoachPTSD_ref
- This PDF covers the common types of PTSD and provides several activities to support post-traumatic growth and build coping skills. bit.ly/ptsdwb_ren
- CBT-i Coach is an app for people using CBT techniques and who are dealing with insomnia. Can be used with a healthcare provider or on its own. ios: bit.ly/cbti_app | android. bit.ly/cbti_an
- (ES) Entendiendo el TEPT en Veteranos es una guía que incluye información y consejo para las familias y amistades de veteranos con trastorno de estrés postraumático. bit.ly/vtept_es
